Sheriff claims 707hp Dodge Charger as a work expense

Iain Kelly

Contributing Journalist

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A sheriff in the American state of Georgia is in trouble with his bosses at the Department of Justice (DoJ) after buying a brand new Dodge Charger Hellcat using taxpayer funds!

Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway ordered the $70k (USD) 707hp supercharged sports sedan to use both as a commuter and in his role with the "Beat the Heat" anti-street racing program.

Interestingly Conway didn't choose to use one of the other hotted up rides in the "Beat the Heat" pool, including an Impala SS and Chevy Corvette. The DoJ has demanded Gwinnett County repays the purchase price of the Charger.

What car would you choose in the "Beat the Heat" anti-street racing program? Tell us in the comments below.

Iain Kelly

Contributing Journalist

A love of classic American and European cars drove Iain Kelly to motoring journalism straight out of high school, via the ownership of a tired 1975 HJ Holden Monaro.  For nearly 20 years he has worked on magazines and websites catering to modified late model high-performance Japanese and European tuner cars, as well as traditional hot rods, muscle cars and street machines. Some of these titles include Auto Salon, LSX Tuner, MOTOR, Forged, Freestyle Rides, Roadkill, SPEED, and Street Machine. He counts his trip to the USA to help build Mighty Car Mods’ “Subarute” along with co-authoring their recent book, The Cars of Mighty Car Mods, among his career highlights.  Iain lends his expertise to CarsGuide for a variety of advice projects, along with legitimising his automotive obsession with regular OverSteer contributions. Although his practical skills working on cars is nearly all self-taught, he still loves nothing more than spending quality time in the shed working on his project car, a 1964 Pontiac. He also admits to also having an addiction to E30 BMWs and Subaru Liberty RS Turbos, both of which he has had multiple examples of. With car choices like that, at least his mum thinks he is cool.
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